Battery and holder.



1 G. L. PATTERSON.

BATTERY AND HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 26, 1908.

Patented Feb.7, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

gnuawtoz ff GL. Him/ma 1 mflttowm s Qwwwmez M G. L. PATTERSON. BATTERY AND HOLDER.

. APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1908.

Patented Feb.7,1911.

2 SHfIBTS-SHEET 2.

"wi/lm/woeo GEORGE LEWIS PATTERSON,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TOALICE C. PATTERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. i

BATTERY AND HOLDER.

Specification of letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 7, 1911:;

. Application filed May 26, 1908. Serial No. 435,122. 7

To all whom it may concern:

llc it known that I, Gnonon L. IA'r'rnnsox, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, N. Y., have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Batteries and Holders, of which the following is a full. clear. and exact description.

My invention relates toimprovements in electric batteries and holders therefor, whereby said batteries maybe quickly put. into or out of circuit, a feature of great convenience where it is desired to substitute a fresh battery for an exhausted one The invention also comprehends an improved holding device to coact with the bat- 'tcry, the purpose being to avoid the necessity of any binding posts directly upon the battery.

The battery holder may be adapted to-a single unit ora plurality of units, each battery cell representing'a single unit.

, In the drawings Figure lis a view of the underside of a battery holder of the threeunit variety. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a section of the holder on the plane of the line w-a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a detail termed the bed plate. Fig. 5 is a view of the upper sidc'of one of the clips,-detached. Fig. 6 is a view of the'under side of the same clip.

Fig. 7 is a view of a retaining washer and re1nforc1ng plate.

-l represents the main body of a battery .1 cell of the ordinary dry battery .type. 2 represents the central electrode projecting from one end thereof.

a shoulder on the side of the body 1, preferably in the form of a projecting rib, although the'should'er mi ht be formed by mere reversal, causing said rib to be formed on the inner side of the body 1 by grooving the outer side. This modification is too obvious to require illustration,

, elilp.

represents a socket of suitable outline, and size to receive the main jbody lof the The side'wall of the socket 4 may bef sp it to inakethc same yielding,',angl parts:

of said yielding side. wall are shaped to en v ggage the shoulder 3 of the batterycell when -;the latter is forced into the socket.

iiisa' 7 second socket, also referably' split, as ind'i cated in Fig. 2, sai

to receive the electrode 2 of the'battery cell.

(3(3 are binding-post's carried -by the battery holder '7.- Thisbatteryfholder may} socket 5 being designedadapted to the negative pole of the next adjacent battery.

S is a bed plate of U-shaped outline, which is suitably anchored in the holder 7, 'so as to be permanently connected therewith. The socket 4 rests directly uponthe base plate 8, while a reinforcing washer 9 located. within the socket 4 receives the heads of fastening screws or rivets which pass throu h the washer and socket and make a suitab e connection with the base plate firmly securin the socket thereto and in effective electrica connection therewith, the large area of said connect-ion having alarge current carrying capacity. The socket 5 passes through the space within the bed plate- 8 and washer 9 without contact with the same, the clearance space being preferabl filled with insulating material, as indicate in the drawings, although this is not absolutely essential.

10 is a connecting strip passing from the base of the socket 5 through the 'open side of the bed plate 8 and. making electrical connection with the largerof the two sockets in the next series, as bestlseen in Figs. '2 and 3. This electrical connector -10. may be embedded withinthe-holder Z'so as to be effectively insulated, although this isfnot' absolutely essential. Eachi socket; B is preferably. spaced apart from thegothe'r, v wall of insulation,- as indicated at :7,,:W ile against'{short-circuiting by creeping salts or moisture collected 7 by" condensation. f

respectively .to the opposed terminals o' the battery'.'. proper and arrangedjto anton ati--.

a ly receive, reta'in' and-electrically connect the single ""itctr of '1 forcing cell into place. By this improved construction the. holder alone may be provided with the binding posts. and hence, since the holder tuted.

What I claim is: I

1. In a combined battery and holder therefor, a battery cell having an external holding shoulder, a socket having a yielding wall adapted to engage said holding shoulder, a second socket cooperating with the first and arranged to engage another part of said battery, both of said sockets being resilient to receive said cell and a laterally projectingconnector member extending'from the first mentioned socket,

2. An electrical conductor for electric cells comprising a circular base having depending, spring, cell engaging fingers or clips, a conducting member having'a resilient portion extending laterally from Said base, the outer end of said member extending below the plane of said base and arranged to engage 'a portion of anadjacent cell. i

3. A battery holder-for electric cells comprising a frame or support, a series of cell eonnectors carried thereby, one of said connee-tors including an annular conductor plate having a series of cell engaging spring fingers projectingtherefrom, and a resilient connector in electrical connection therewith,

the outer end of which extends into and lies within the open center of an adjacent conductor plate. v r

. GEORG LEWIS PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

R. C. MITCHELL,

R. G. POWELL. 

